loscipresses posted:Hi STPAUL,
thanks
are these the atlas terminal connectors you mention ?
yes the atlas rail joiners you had posted in reply is correct.
one other suggestion is to drill a small hole and insert a screw with a crimped on eyelet or you can simply insert wire and then screw it into tack rails so many ways to do it your choice.
here is a diagram if you want to wire from 180 w brick to a Lionel TPC and also wire in a DCS TIU at a latter date the TPC allows you to run either in command control or conventional and yes you can still use the
cab-2 remote to run conventional I do it all the time. to add the legacy 990 just add the one wire to the common wire of terminal strip and all common rails will get the command signal the diagram shows 2 transformers but the idea is same.
fyi the ribbed wire at the connector plug from 180w brick is the common wire the connector has a v shaped end from that end the hot wire is the second hole with the common ribbed wire being the 3rd hole from that v shape the 1st hole is left empty. if you get some solder less pins of correct size you can make your own power wires from that v shaped plug to a multi terminal strip and then run wires to both hot/common rails on track.
hope this helps you
